Uliana Filon

Working experience:

1. Since November 2009, I have been working as a full-time translator/interpreter of Arabic and English in INGO Ukraine International Insurance Company. My duties are:
   • written translation: legal documents (residence certificates, official letters, surveys, agreements and contracts, diplomas, passports, medical certificates) from Arabic and English into Russian/Ukrainian; web-site translation and adaptation to English; Management articles Russian-English translation and vice verse; report translation.
   • interpretation on meetings, seminars, trainings;

2. Since April 2011, I have been working as a freelance translator of films and cartoons for the Ukrainian TBi channel (Discovery films and programs translation: How Machines Work, MayDay and etc.)

3. July 2008-October 2009, I worked as a full-time translator/interpreter of Arabic and English in the Austrian bank “ErsteBank”:
   • translation of legal, economic, accounting and banking documents from Arabic and English into Russian and Ukrainian;
   • translation of monthly Erste Bank newsletter from Russian to English and editing its Russian version (Erste Bank Ukraine);

• interpretation and meeting minutes for steering meetings, program management meetings and working meetings with Austrian, Czech, Slovak and English consultants;
• writing article for monthly bank magazine named Erste Nation in Ukrainian and English^ interviews with top management, bank ratings, financial topics and etc.

• banking system adaptation and localization (automated banking systems Finantix, Symbols and SAP and electronic teaching system SENSE);

• assistance to Data Migration Project within Process Organization and Methodology Division: different reports formation, Project Plan maintaining and interpretation on trainings.

4. August 2008 – July 2009, I worked as a freelance translator of films and cartoons for Ukrainian TV – Novy channel (Cat-Woman, Desperate Housewives, Baby Blues and etc) from English into Ukrainian.

5. Since September 2007, I have been working as
   • an Arabic-Russian-Ukrainian freelancer: legal and standard documents (passports, diplomas, licenses, presentations, characteristics and etc) translation for Egyptian Embassy in Ukraine and different companies Ukraine and abroad (Altkom Building Company and etc.).
   • a writer of different articles: Language Game in Alice in Wonderland, Legal English vs. Legal Ukrainian, O’Henry and His Short Stories.;
   • an English-Russian-Ukrainian freelancer: (Nove Slovo (New Word) translation agency):  economic and legal documents translation, standard documents translation, agreements and treaties translation. Therein, I usually handle the translation for Ukrainian airlines AEROSVIT and some banks (Private Bank, Aval Bank and etc);

6. October 2007 – May 2008: I worked as a teacher of English and Arabic at Chance Language Centre. I had three groups of children: 5-6 years old, 8-9 years old and 10-11 years old to teach English and Arabic starting from Elementary level. It was a great experience to work with children.

7. June - September 2006: I worked in the USA in children’s camp “Tevya” as the manager assistant:
   • I was responsible for correspondence work, party and holiday’s organization, entertainment programs arrangement.
   • I had the experience of the English-Russian-Ukrainian interpretation as far as there were Ukrainian and Russian employees, who did not speak English. It was the first and the greatest experience for me whereas I had an excellent opportunity to speak with English native-speakers.
   • I got acquainted with a lot of interesting people from Israel, France, England, Poland, and the USA and traveled all around the country.